Author: Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.
Liked @gloriasteinem • Instagram photo by Gloria Steinem (Instagram)
There’s so much interesting to like in this post, but of particular interest to me is Gloria Steinem’s use of Wilson’s Memindex as her diary/to do list in 1960! Special thanks to my new friend Julian O’Shea who tipped me off to this little bit of history.
You know a typewriter is being used as flimsy filler decoration when it’s sitting on a shelf and simultaneously serving as a book support.

A real writer’s typewriter is free and clear so that the carriage can move its full length.

Acquired Dazor work lamp c. 1940s (Dazor Lighting Technology)
a steel task lamp in gray paint with a dual pipe adjustable arm and art deco fluting
I had the ballast replaced to work with modern LED replacement bulbs and the switch upgraded to be able to control each of the two bulbs independently. I also cleaned of decades of grime and polished it up a bit. 

Thrift purchase for $24.98 from Goodwill on 2025-10-02.

The top of a tanker desk with a wooden two drawer card index illuminated by a gray metal Dazor desk lamp. There are some books lined up to the left and a decorative brass raven whose wings are up as if lifting off into flight

View of a busy double pedestal tanker desk illuminated by a Dazor desk lamp which is turned on. We see a Royal FP typewriter to the left, an orange paper file, a row of books, an oak card index with two drawers.

View down onto a gray Dazor desk lamp sitting on a wooden Shaw-Walker card catalog on a desk.